- #1 The Haunting of Joni Evers
97% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Emotional 10.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #2 Road 96: Mile 0
96% matchMixed68% of 2,048 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Emotional 8%
- #3 A Play Game
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TRHART
Windows
An immersive storytelling experience that gives you the freedom to roam and explore a large and mysterious building at your own pace while an interwoven narrative plays out around you. Rewind time and watch each story from every angle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Stylized 10.1%, Emotional 9.2%, First-Person 7.1%
- #4 Unknown Call: Ohio
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arachnocoder
Windows
You wake up in an empty forest in Ohio. A voice calls you. Says you're friends. Says you need to get out. But the signal keeps breaking, and so does your memory. Your friend will guide you from a distance, but he can't save you. Escape the creatures in the dark and find your friend.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 11.7%, Mystery 8%, Exploration 7%
- #5 Don't Forget
94% matchVery Positive96% of 264 reviews2024
Dev: Evie VerstappenPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Emotional 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #6 Motel Styx
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassandra's Curse Studio
Windows · Mac
Play as three guests of the rundown Motel Styx, overseen by the charming yet guarded Charon (and their cat). Explore your surroundings to uncover Charon's past and forever alter the future of the motel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Exploration 7.5%
- #7 In Waiting
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CynicalMonkeys
Windows
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Casual 8%, Emotional 7.5%
- #8 Aelwater
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #9 I Promise
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Sporework Studios
Windows
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 9.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #10 Dream:scape Remastered
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Speedbump Studio
Windows
Explore a surreal dream world built from one man’s memories in this remastered story-rich first-person mystery/adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 7.1%
- #11 The Falling Star
90% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Casual 8.9%
- #12 After Juice: Animal Disco Mafia
89% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Seed
Windows · Linux
Welcome to our wild neon flashing graphic adventure! Play as Tofu 🐹 a little hamster with a big attitude and experience his misadventures through a frantic college night in a city brimming with parties and mystery. Packed with humor, terrible jokes and tons of dru— I mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 19%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Stylized 7.1%
- #13 We Stay Behind
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #14 Aletta - Visual Novel
89% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Emotional 9.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
- #15 Ordinary Day
87% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Late Night Studios
Windows · Linux
In this not so ordinary psychological horror your soul is bound from birth to fufil a singular purpose. Suffering a loss that has kicked in motion the bindings of your destiny, enter Ordinary Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11%, First-Person 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #16 Ashes
86% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Story Rich 15%, Emotional 10%, Mystery 7.3%
- #17 VERISMO
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Star Anise Games
Windows
A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic tragedy set in 1920s Sicily.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Emotional 8.4%
- #18 This Warm Place
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Emotional 15.6%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #19 Last Signal
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Under Heaven Studios
Windows
Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #20 <FAIL.safe>
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%, First-Person 8.2%
- #21 Adulting
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Marie-Christin AufingerPub: Adults in Training
Windows
Growing older has nothing to do with feeling grown up. Face the challenges of adulthood with Liv, Albert and Finja in this interactive visual novel by exploring their everyday lives through point-and-click interactions as well as mini games and figure out the secrets of how to be an adult!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Emotional 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #22 John's Tombstone
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bigboot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 13%, Story Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8%
- #23 There Is Nothing There
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lupercal
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Walking Simulator 21%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Emotional 7.6%, First-Person 7.4%
- #24 For Her
81% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Matthew
Windows
For Her is a single-player, story-driven psychological horror game that delves into the depths of morality, sacrifice, and the human psyche. You play as David Hill, a dedicated police officer in Dismas City. A loving husband and father, David always puts his family first, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Stylized 9.4%, Supernatural 7.3%
- #25 nan
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amar SkPub: Candoria Studio
Windows
You moved into the wrong street on the wrong night. Dunmore Street is stuck in an endless loop of forced happiness, and the deeper you go, the less the world holds together. People say dreams are an escape from reality. But what if you don't want to wake up?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Emotional 10.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #26 Meet Her There
80% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Emotional 7.8%
- #27 Insanias
79% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Federico Serafini
Windows
Insanias is a psychological horror game where you will have to explore what happened to find a hidden truth. To do this, you will have to be able to control your sanity to avoid falling into the madness that lurks in every corner. Are you ready to face your fears and discover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, First-Person 8.1%
- #28 A Week in Paradise
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 9.3%
- #29 Don't Stop Looking
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CroWn Studios
Windows
Alex and Jade, a young couple who just arrived in Mason Ridge, decide to host a friend temporarily. One day, they receive a package intended for him and, when they open it, find something unexpected that transforms their night in unimaginable ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
- #30 Tails Noir Preludes
77% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #31 Condo
75% matchVery Positive97% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Emotional 10.3%
- #32 For Old Time's Sake
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pond interactive
Windows · Linux
For old times sake is a wholesome roleplaying game about a student historian investigating a forgery. scoot and jump to explore the big open world and speak with the locals to solve the mystery!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, First-Person 7.9%
- #33 The Elysian Field
78% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Faizaan Alam
Windows
A gorgeous 3rd person casual adventure game centred around a dying soldier wondering through the elysian field witnessing the final moments of those already gone before leaving his own final mark. Uncover memories and a final conversation before laying to rest.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Emotional 16%, Casual 9.3%, Stylized 9.3%
- #34 Phantomware 0
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumimoth
Windows · Mac · Linux
It starts like any other late shift—quiet office, dull glow of the monitor, work dragging on. You think you’re alone. But then the screen flickers. A message pops up. Not from your team. Not from anyone you know. Suddenly the silence feels heavier. Something’s here. And it doesn’t want you to leave.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #35 Ferryman of Wangchuan: River of Delusion
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingering Warmth Studio
Windows
First-person boat through the River of Wangchuan, lantern in hand—cut through the fog and chase scattered memory shards. You ferry a General toward the far shore, only to witness the massacre he committed to resurrect the Princess. In the end, who are you—the ferryman, or the General himself?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 10.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #36 The Hobo Complex
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Interactive Games
Windows
The Hobo Complex is a first-person psychological horror game delving into drug addiction, homelessness and the reasons that might have caused it. Traverse varied, eerie settings while uncovering the truth behind where your girlfriend went after leaving you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Emotional 11.2%, Stylized 9.1%, First-Person 9%
- #37 SOMETHING AMAZING ROOM
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidal C
Windows
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Walking Simulator 25.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Exploration 8.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%
- #38 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Emotional 9.8%
- #39 Settled At Sea
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Artistry
Windows
Settled At Sea is a first-person mystery set on a remote Scottish island. You are a lighthouse keeper grieving your wife's death-but the island doesn't feel as isolated as it should.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Mystery 8.2%
- #40 Runo
73% matchVery Positive92% of 570 reviews2021
Dev: runogamePub: Srsface Studios
Windows
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8%
- #41 Bruja
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creepy Club Studios
Windows
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 9.8%
- #42 Sheeps
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cardboard Animal
Windows
Kill a sheep - Feed it to a tree - Listen to a poem. Sheeps is a poem-based adventure in a small open-world. Find 100 poems contained within the sheeps roaming the world. Reading more poems expands the world, unlocks new abilities, and reveals characters from the poems to converse with.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #43 Recurring Dream
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Grow Now!
Windows
Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing. Explore the surreal, dreamlike landscapes as you search for a loved one, unravelling a deeply emotional story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Emotional 12.7%, Casual 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #44 Lost in Blindness
72% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Unseen Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wondered if you could play a video game, without even looking at the screen? What if you played this unique sound-based adventure game, without even seeing anything!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Story Rich 14.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Exploration 12.9%
- #45 What Remains of Edith Finch
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,731 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Story Rich 20.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Mystery 9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #46 Library Game
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sophie FischerPub: The Spoon Solutions
Windows
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Emotional 14.4%, Stylized 10.6%, First-Person 10%
- #47 Tisis
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dimitris Risis
Windows
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%
- #48 One Last Memory
71% matchMixed64% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
One Last Memory is an emotional story driven exploration game about an old man who re-discovers his own past and lost memories on his journey through the beauty of nature. It is an adventure filled with joy, sadness and breathtaking locations and environments that are waiting to be discovered.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Emotional 9.5%, First-Person 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #49 Below the Underworld
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nick van 't End
Windows
Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Emotional 10.1%, Casual 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #50 Вторая степень покоя
68% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Marina Buttenko
Windows
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Stylized 10.8%, Casual 10.3%
- #51 Imagine We Were Human
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vine Moss GamesPub: pklwrks
Windows · Mac
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #52 Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,401 reviews2017
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #53 The Appraiser
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Chip-off
Windows
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Story Rich 8.9%, First-Person 7.7%
- #54 Rusts Of Corruption
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 9%
- #55 Broken Aperture
67% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Dinobyte Softworks LLC
Windows
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, First-Person 12.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Stylized 11.2%, Exploration 8.2%
- #56 Jasper and the City of Lights
67% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Rivers and Wine Studios
Windows
A cozy adventure about love, kindness and slowing down. Two siblings are separated, a mystical forest is where they were last seen. In the darkest shadows, an old spirit is hiding, but the lights of an ancient city is shining between the branches. Fully narrated, easy to play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 12.7%, Emotional 12.1%, Stylized 11.2%
- #57 Haunted Property
66% matchVery Positive93% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Walking Simulator 28%, Casual 10.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #58 67 Minutes in Heaven
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: One Flow ManPub: Treestyle Studios
Windows
Your neighbor invites you on a double date, setting you up with the new girl from out of town. After sneaking into an abandoned house, your neighbor suggests everyone play a game, 67 Minutes in Heaven.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Stylized 8%, First-Person 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%
- #59 Mundaun
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,446 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden FieldsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Emotional 10.1%, Stylized 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #60 Stories Want to Be Told Storyone: Prophecy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Emotional 12.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Mystery 6.4%